George Whitefield; a light rising in obscurityMorgan & Chase, 1864 - 428 pages |
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Page 182 - Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee ? is it well with thy husband ? is it well with the child ? And she answered, It is well.
Page 81 - Christ, that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak : I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.
Page 302 - I tell you, sir, every Sunday that I go to my parish church, I can build a ship from stem to stern under the sermon ; but were it to save my soul, under Mr. Whitefield I could not lay a single plank.
Page 395 - John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have out his talk, as I do.
Page 137 - He who pronounced the blessing, " increase and multiply," will not abandon the work of his hands ; but that this world then will have answered all the purposes of its creation, and that immortal state will begin, " in which we shall neither marry nor be given in marriage, but be as the angels of God.
Page 57 - The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream : and he that hath my word let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord. Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the Lord, that steal my words, every one from his neighbour.
Page 21 - I perceived the fire kindled, till at last, though so young, and amidst a crowd of those who knew me in my infant, childish days, I trust I was enabled to speak with some degree of gospel authority. Some few mocked, but most for the present seemed struck; and I have since heard, that a complaint had been made to the bishop, that I drove fifteen mad the first sermon. The worthy prelate, as I am informed, wished that the madness might not be forgotten before next Sunday.
Page 236 - are sent from several places, I want more tongues, more bodies, more souls, for the Lord Jesus. Had I ten thousand, he should have them all."* In April, he was in London, and at Portsmouth; and in May went to Ashby.
Page 386 - Have we read or heard of any person since the Apostles, who testified the gospel of the grace of God, through so widely extended a space, through so large a part of the habitable world ? Have we read or heard...
Page 24 - Do you ask me what you shall have ? — Food to eat, and raiment to put on ; a house to lay your head in, such as your Lord had not ; and a crown of glory that fadeth not away.